vintage photo time
image courtesy J McDermottActually, more like “vintage ad time.” All I know about this one is that it’s a promotional postcard for a company called “Sache Fils.” Cute, huh?
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image courtesy J McDermottvintage photo time
image courtesy J McDermottActually, more like “vintage ad time.” All I know about this one is that it’s a promotional postcard for a company called “Sache Fils.” Cute, huh?
Two Red Lake dogs meet up in Minneapolis
Pet Haven alum Ode and her mom, Pam met current PH dog Shiloh and her foster parents, Lauren and Mike last weekend at the Lake of the Isles dog park in Minneapolis. Shiloh is the Shepherd/Husky in the center of the picture.
Shiloh was rescued by Red Lake Rosie’s. She was a bit of a wild girl who eluded capture for her transport to Pet Haven for a couple of days. When she was rescued, she was caring for her own litter of puppies and helped out with an orphaned litter as well.
She is a sweet, shy dog who takes a little time to warm up to new people, but it is really worth the small effort to get to know her. She is loving life in her foster home.
Although a happy player at the dog park, Shiloh’s choice for an adoptive home would be one with a nice fenced yard as she just loves to just hang around outdoors. A tie out would not be right for this girl.
Shiloh gets along great with other dogs and asked that we find her a home with another dog so they can keep one another company. At Red Lake Rosie’s, she got to live in a large pack and she thrived in that situation. Before going to her foster home, she was the foster dog at Auntie Ruth’s where she was a staff favorite who enjoying spending the day in the ‘convy’ room, where the smaller, senior or recovering dogs stay.
Lauren and Mike are already cat fosters for Pet Haven, but Shiloh is their first foster dog. They have a soft spot for the Red Lake dogs, as so many of us do. We welcome them to the dog division.
From Today’s New York Times
To the Editor:
Re “Animal Abuse as Clue to Additional Cruelties” (news article, March 18):
As someone who deals with dozens of cruelty-to-animals cases every week, I applaud states that are imposing stricter penalties on people who hurt animals and that are working to establish online registries of animal abusers.
Animal abusers are cowards who take their issues out on “easy victims”—and their targets often include their fellow humans. I cannot begin to say how many incidents I’ve seen involving animal abusers who commit violent acts against humans, and animal neglecters who have also neglected their children or other human dependents.
Treating cruelty to animals with the seriousness it deserves doesn’t only protect animals, it also makes the entire community safer.
Martin Mersereau
Norfolk, Va., March 18, 2010
The writer is director of the Emergency Response Team, cruelty investigations department, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
STOP THE HOWLOCAUST – Licking County Dog Pound Rally
STOP THE HOWLOCAUST
SATURDAY, APRIL 10th from 10AM to 2PM
at Licking County DOG POUND
544 Dog Leg Road Heath, OH 43056
SATURDAY, APRIL 10th from 10AM to 2PM
at Licking County DOG POUND
544 Dog Leg Road Heath, OH 43056
Where: Heath, Ohio 36 miles east of Columbus (Central location to be announced soon!!)
Out of Town Supporters:
Please RSVP if you’d like us to supply you with a sign getridofthegaschamber@gmail.com
Questions? Send to getridofthegaschamber@gmail.com
Media Inquiries: SLMYERS1080@gmail.com or 740-973-3060
More Info?: www.lickingcountypac.com & FaceBook Page
Get-Rid-of-the-Gas-Chamber-at-the-Licking-County-Animal-Shelter
Community Meeting: Wednesday, April 14th starting at 6:30 pm in the Heath High School Cafeteria.
Trumbull County OH: where BSL victims went to die
From BAD RAP Blog:
Imagine you’re forced to consider giving up your family pet because BSL (Breed Specific Legislation) has made it virtually impossible to find insurance for your dog’s targeted breed? And you’re getting friggin’ desperate. And you know that your local shelter is a dead-end – emphasis on dead – because, who in their right mind wants to adopt a dog with overwhelming state restrictions attached? And rescues are beyond full with dogs they can’t place? And you’re thinking, “Good god – How can I possibly put my beloved to sleep?”
And you learn about a sanctuary that takes pit bulls. A no-kill sanctuary with a warm and inviting website for your family pet; the wonderful dog that’s been your steady and loyal companion for months or years. Would you take him there rather than euthanize him? Oh hell yeah, you would.
You and me, and many, many other people. When we learned that a sanctuary in Trumbull County Ohio had been raided for overcrowding and horrid conditions, it almost didn’t land on our radar. But I grazed the seizure photos at the urging of a friend and nearly fell over.
Read the entire article at:
http://badrap-blog.blogspot.com/2010/03/trumbull-county-oh-where-bsl-victims.html
Hoarding
A person who is a hoarder is unable to understand that they are not caring for themselves well. Such a person does not see the lack of nutrition, hygenie and medical care that is needed by themselves or the animals they care for. Hoarding can involve stacks of newspapers and magazines, the saving of plastic containers or egg cartons until there is little room left to live or the collecting of animals.
The ASPCA has information on animal hoarding.
Pet Haven cats recently rescued 13 cats from a hoarder. They were just the tip of the iceberg.
Scrabble and Jenga had lost hair due to flea allergies and poor nutrition.
Jenga has a very poor hair coat with sparse, thin hair over most of his body. A lack of nutrition and reaction to fleas are the causes. He is underweight for his size.
Scrabble has been losing hair in chunks along his back where he has been itching and licking
from fleas.
A 6 month old kitten named Wendy has had repeat herpes infections in both eyes. She has some vision in her right eye but the third eyelid has attached itself over the eyeball, covering all but a small corner so she can mainly see ‘up’. The other eye has ruptured due to a lack of care. She has had an enormous amount of pain in her brief life.
Wendy is a good natured little girl – weighing 3# 1 oz when she came to the vet for the first time. Even in a small cat we would have expected her to weigh 4-5 pounds, most often 6 pounds at 6 months.
Because of her limited eyesight and no access to a litterbox in her former home, Wendy is having to figure out what a litterbox is. She is confined to a cage most of the time and has graduated from having the complete bottom of the cage covered in a litterbox to having one small one there which she has conquered.
When she came to us and for a week or so after she would pee and poop and settle down into it for a nap. She was covered in filth and needed daily baths, usually more than one to prevent urine scalding to her skin. Even with her limited eyesight she would have been capable of learning what a litterbox was for if the hoarder had provided one and shown it to her.
She loves to come out and play and is put on the floor to circle around until she finds one of the many toys arrayed for her to pounce on.
Wendy has been to the opthamologist. She is being treated for her herpes infection with drops and ointment 3 x a day until it can be determined if she will be able to use a litterbox in larger spaces. If she does, one eye will be removed and the other will have the third eyelid released from the eye. She will have scaring on that eye but will be able to see more than she can now.
Mom, Kari, has no undercoat from poor nutrition. She was a walking skeleton and you could feel every part of her backbone as you pet her. Her coat is greasy despite two suds filled baths.
These are some of the kittens taken from the hoarder. They were not socialized at 5 weeks of age and weighed 8 and 9 ounces when they should have weighed at least one pound. Two of the litter of 6 were euthanized as they were dying the day they were rescued. After being force fed 3 or 4 times a day and given sub q fluids for 3 weeks, they are eating dry kitten on their own and continue to be hand fed canned kitten. All will now come and swarm around legs while they wait for their turn for the canned food. They purr and are playful.
Jenga and Scrabble have been joined by two well socialized kittens from another source. They are similar in age and the hoarder kittens are learning how to run through the house and romp and play with toys. They had an advantage in that they were used to people and had been pet but had no idea what ‘play’ was.
Friends help friends –
volunteers are rewarded by the growth they see in their rescues –
others who are unable to foster can help by joining the volunteer team to promote spay and neuter, make fliers, publicize, educate, advocate and donate.
Please join us and other rescue groups and humane societies!
Adopted Dog Monday!
Our black beauty from Red Lake, Kayleigh, was adopted this week.
The couple who adopted her were looking for a senior black dog to love. As rescuers, we love to hear this! Kayleigh is perfect for them — she is truly a “move-in dog” who comes with no training needs or special care instructions. All she needs to do is learn to peacefully co-exist with the resident cat. Kitty (that’s his name) has all of his claws, so if Kayleigh doesn’t get it at first, she might learn the hard way that when a cat says ‘no’, he means ‘no’.
Kayleigh is shown here with former foster brother and fellow Red Lake dog, Orlando. They were lovingly cared for at Rescue Buddy Boarding. Seems that Orlando was a little lost after Kayleigh moved to her new home the other day. I’m sure that Laura has a dog or two coming to visit this week, so the boy shouldn’t be lonely for long.
Here are Kayleigh and Orlando. Orlando is being fostered for Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue. Contact Laura at Rescue Buddy Boarding if you are interested in meeting this young hound mix.
How to Pick a Good Dog Food
Guest Blog – Dog Food Reviews
Use of Corn
There is an ongoing debate about the inclusion of corn in dog foodformulas. It has generally been agreed that corn is often used as acheap filler ingredient in many dog food formulas. Indeed, many dogsseem to develop allergic reactions to corn-based dog food formulasover time. The danger of corn often comes from when it is used as theprimary source of protein in a dog food formula. When corn is listedamong the first five ingredients, it is making up a significant bulkof the food. Corn has a lack of bioavailability to your dog, and maycause digestive problems. In general, a dog food formula that containscorn will be inexpensive, and your dog may need to eat more of theformula to feel “full”.
The First Five Ingredients
To gain a basic understanding of a dog food formula’s quality, you canuse the first five ingredients as a guide. As a general rule, thefirst five ingredients of a dog food formula make up the “bulk” of theformula. If you’re in the grocery store shopping for dog food, you canlearn a lot about a formula from reading the first five ingredients.For example, the first ingredient in a dog food formula should ideally be meat meal. If simply meat is listed as the first ingredient, it isusually mostly water. It takes five pounds of meat to make one poundof meat meal. This means that meat meal is usually more nutritionallydense. The only catch is that some companies use meat meal that is oflow quality. Some meat meals have animal parts ground down and mixedin to the meal, in order to ‘bulk’ it up for the formula. If possible,you should always check with the company about the quality of theirmeat meal. Ask where it is made, if they purchase their meal fromforeign countries (which may not be as strict in their healthregulations), and what the ingredients are. You may also want to ask which parts of the animal are used in making the meat meal.
Protein is the foundation of your dog’s diet, and should make up atleast two of the first five ingredients. Always avoid formulas that list a grain as the first ingredient, since this means that the formula is primarily grain-based. It’s usually best to steer away fromdiets that use an excessive amount of carbohydrates. Also avoid any formulas that use artificial preservatives, such as BHA or BHT. It’salso best to stay away from dog food that is artificially colored.
Toxic Ingredients for Dogs
There are several ingredients that have proven to be toxic for dogs.The two most notable ingredients (that are sometimes contained in somedog food formulas) are garlic and onions. Garlic and onions bothcontain a toxin that may lead to the breakdown of red blood cells in adog’s body. These toxins are more prevelant in onions than in garlic.Some dog food formulas contain a small amount of garlic seasoning,garlic oil or garlic powder. If this ingredient is among the first fewingredients, it’s best to avoid feeding this formula to your dog. It’s also very important to keep your dog on a diet that is properlybalanced in fats. Dogs may be prone to developing pancreatitis whenfed a high-fat diet over time (or from having just one high-fat meal).Monitor the fat content of the treats and food that you feed your dog.The guaranteed analysis usually shouldn’t have more than 20% fat,except if your dog has specific veterinary needs.
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